To direct the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development to establish a reinvesting in youth program that awards grants to counties for implementing research-based early intervention services that target juvenile justice-involved youth and reduce crime. The bill establishes a reinvesting in youth account in the state treasury, and sets forth the procedures for obtaining grants. See Companion SB 5567.   Official Text and Analysis.

To remove the requirements for specific calculations of cost savings and methodologies of state and local savings for the program and replace the calculations with a more direct funding requirement and requires the department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development to determine the distribution formula for the expanded program. A cap is also placed on the amount of funding to be provided to the largest county in the program.

To change the agency responsible for the grants to the DSHS Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration from CTED, limits the pilot grants to $997,000, eliminates the transfer of funds, eliminates ongoing reports, and includes a null and void clause.

To establish a reinvesting in youth pilot program.

By the Senate Human Services and Corrections Committee, to substitute the Family Policy Council for the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration everywhere it was referenced in the original bill.

To expand the Reinvesting in Youth Pilot Program to all counties. It also adds language directing the JRA to create a distribution formula that allocates funds based on the savings to the state. It also makes technical changes and changes the effective date.

To establish a reinvesting in youth pilot program.